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Talonx appoints Botswana copper veteran to help guide Kihabe exploration
Talonx Resources has appointed Steve McGhee as a non-executive director to help guide its work at the Kihabe project in north-west Botswana.
McGhee has more than 30 years of mining and metallurgical experience.
He previously helped MOD Resources advance the T3 copper-silver project in Botswana to feasibility; it is now part of Sandfire Resources’ Motheo Copper Operations.
Talonx is exploring for copper and other metals around Kihabe and Nxuu, which have a reported zinc, lead and silver resource, but no copper is included in that estimate.
Fieldwork has begun at the Gossan prospect, with soil sampling, geological mapping and rock-chip sampling planned to identify areas for further work.
McGhee’s Botswana experience is intended to help the company assess Kihabe’s exploration potential.
The sources do not say what specific exploration work will follow this first stage.
Talonx Resources appointed former MOD Resources executive director Steve McGhee as a non-executive director.
McGhee brings more than 30 years of mining and metallurgical experience, including work on Botswana’s T3 copper-silver project.
Talonx says his Botswana experience and networks will help guide strategy at the Kihabe project in north-west Botswana.
The company is exploring copper and other base metals around Kihabe’s existing zinc-lead-silver resource.
Fieldwork has started at the Gossan prospect, including soil sampling, geological mapping and rock-chip sampling.
- Who
- Talonx Resources appointed Steve McGhee, a former MOD Resources executive director.
- What
- McGhee joins as a non-executive director to help guide exploration strategy at Kihabe.
- When
- Talonx announced the appointment on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- The Kihabe project is in north-west Botswana.
- Why
- Talonx says McGhee’s Botswana experience and project expertise will help it assess Kihabe’s exploration potential.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
McGhee was part of the MOD Resources team that discovered and advanced the T3 copper-silver project to feasibility.
MOD Resources was acquired by Sandfire Resources.
Talonx announced McGhee’s appointment as a non-executive director.
Talonx started fieldwork at the Gossan prospect.
- Appointment
- Steve McGhee named non-executive director
- Experience
- More than 30 years in mining and metallurgy
- Past project
- T3 copper-silver project in Botswana
- Existing resource
- Kihabe and Nxuu have a combined 27Mt indicated and inferred resource
- Resource grades
- 1.41% zinc, 0.66% lead and 7.5g/t silver
- Initial fieldwork
- More than 700 soil samples planned at Gossan
What people are saying
Steve was part of the team that made a significant copper discovery in Botswana and took the project through to a development outcome. That experience is directly relevant to Talonx’s Kihabe project, and his expertise will be invaluable as we assess Kihabe’s exploration potential,
The opportunity to work in Botswana again is irresistible. It is an excellent jurisdiction with a stable government, skilled workforce, good infrastructure and transparent approvals process,
The exploration potential for further copper discoveries in Botswana is vast. Whilst it is early days in terms of copper exploration, existing data for the Kihabe-Nxuu project suggests it is an excellent place to start.
Sources
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